Measures

Providers' demographic and professional characteristics were requested, including professional background, specialty among physicians and advanced practice registered nurses, gender, race, interest in women's health, practice setting (community or academic), and years in practice.

The survey included 37 multiple-part, multiple-choice questions regarding breast cancer screening recommendations for average-risk and high-risk women; this report includes the results for screening average-risk women only. Some questions were adapted from the validated National Health Survey of Primary Care Physicians' Recommendations and Practice for Breast, Cervical, Colorectal, and Lung Cancer Screening.²⁰ Providers rated the influence of each of the seven recommendations on their screening practices of average-risk women using a 4-point Likert-type scale (very influential, somewhat influential, not influential, not applicable). Providers were asked if they recommended screening with mammography and the frequency of screening (annual or biennial) in the following age groups: 40–44 years, 45–49 years, 50–69 years, and older than 70 years. Providers were also asked to assess their comfort level with providing breast cancer screening recommendations to patients. A copy of the complete survey is provided in Supplementary Data.